I want a prettier flock...

[Keri78]

I think it's a great idea to start a thread for your country. I like buying show quality eggs from breeders/showers on here and then hatching out my own! You can choose which ones to keep and usually not have one bit of a problem selling the rest.

 

[elizabethbinary]

Cool, thank you everyone!! I'll look around!

Yes, I do want to eventually show my birds.

 

[Happy Chooks]

I found this from the Brahma club of Australia. (OOOOoooooooh blue columbian - we don't have those here)
http://brahmacochin.webs.com/breedersdirectory.htm

This one is in Victoria, which I know is a ways from you, but they ship hatching eggs:
http://rarepoultry.net/hatching.html

This one is in Queensland.
http://www.chooknet.com.au/index.ph...sk=sobi2Details&catid=51&sobi2Id=96&Itemid=54

 

[M To The Maxx]

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The beauty is what is on the inside of the bird. Not the outside.

 

[ginormous chicken]

I really just started, am lucky to realized early that I didn't want just laying birds. I attribute that to the fact that when I was in college I was lucky to meet a little girl who was a 4Her and showed chickens. She told me a lot about chickens. My chickens are a mix of hatchery birds, feeds store adults, and breeder birds. And yes, the breeder birds are beautiful. The hatchery chicks that are now adults are sweet and love me. I guess the best of all worlds is to get eggs from a breeder and hatch them.

I think more important than perfect dimensions is getting a breed you like and think is pretty. That way, even if the bird is not all up to par, you'll still love the fact that is it a breed you like.

There are no ugly chickens, except what is served at dinner, and then it is yummy!

Good Luck - find a breeder with good birds! Go gettem girl!

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Proud Mama to: 1 Delaware, 3 Ameraucanas, 1 OE Bantam, 1 BC Maran, 1 Silikie, 1 Service Dog, 2 Pets Dogs, 1 Parrot, A LOT of Lizards, THE SNAKES, and
a very understanding DH!

 

[elizabethbinary]

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Oh thank you SO MUCH!!

fabulous links that's SO helpful!!

And I know it's what's on the inside... like dinner! kidding kidding - I love my flock, I do... but they ARE very unpretty ladies.

 

[elizabethbinary]

Oh my word... just wait until you ladies see what I will do to get myself a blue ribbon Red Columbian Brahma rooster.... he's stunning! (And I also found some Blue Bantam Australorps - gasp!)

I'm going to be so broke.

 

[WoodlandWoman]

Maybe these will help you get started, too.

Feathersite has a lot of links and great pictures of chickens. It's a good place to start looking at different breeds, to see what you like.
http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/BRKPoultryPage.html

Here are the breeds, listed alphabetically.
http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/BRKPoultryPage.html#Chickens

And some Australian links.
http://www.backyardpoultry.com/index.php?page=./clubs/club.html
http://www.backyardpoultry.com/index.php
http://www.rarepoultry.net/links.html
http://www.rarepoultry.net/breeders.html

Once you get in contact with some people there, they can probably help you get more information on the shows, clubs and breeders there. Good luck!

 

[Happy Chooks]

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Oh thank you SO MUCH!!

fabulous links that's SO helpful!!

And I know it's what's on the inside... like dinner! kidding kidding - I love my flock, I do... but they ARE very unpretty ladies.

No problem, google is my friend.

I wanna see pics when you get them though.

 

[Ridgerunner]

I don't think anyone else gave you his link. It is still active so good luck!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=186559